La Grenadière is a small house on the cliffs of the Loire a mile below Tours, among vineyards and terraced gardens. A mysterious lady rents it with her two young sons, lives in strict seclusion and devotes herself to their lessons and their future, while the neighbours wonder who she is.
A tender short work from The Human Comedy, and one of Balzac’s loveliest evocations of Touraine. Download the free EPUB.